Learn from Brazilian Jiu Jitsu II Degree Black Belt Professor Juan Pablo Garcia! This gentlemen have over 20 years of experience, He helped develop BJJ in Latin America, has traveled for many years teaching classes and seminars, competing, and training all over the world in countries like Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany and throughout the USA.! Whether you are looking to learn self defense, lose weight, or compete in Martial Arts, Professor Garcia have the knowledge to help you achieve your goals. Be part of the evolution of Martial Arts in Corona and Inland Empire as you train in our cutting edge systems of martial arts!

Learn from Brazilian Jiu Jitsu II Degree Black Belt Professor Juan Pablo Garcia! This gentlemen have over 20 years of experience, He helped develop BJJ in Latin America, has traveled for many years teaching classes and seminars, competing, and training all over the world in countries like Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany and throughout the USA.! Whether you are looking to learn self defense, lose weight, or compete in Martial Arts, Professor Garcia have the knowledge to help you achieve your goals. Be part of the evolution of Martial Arts in Corona and Inland Empire as you train in our cutting edge systems of martial arts!

The first time I competed, I seriously freaked out for a month beforehand. Overthinking everything, worry about all that could go wrong, most of which I could not control. Don’t get me wrong, I usually still have some nerves the day of right before my first fight but nothing like it used to be. So here are the things that help me to fight the nerves and have success on the comp mats.

Getting over the pressure of letting others down. For me I hate to let others down and I think most of us feel that way. But one of the things I realized is my professor knows where I am at. He knows what I'm capable of and not. It's not like I'm going to show up at a competition and magically roll like a black belt. My skill level is the same the day of comp as it is the day before and the day after. So what happens that day doesn't really define me.

Compete for yourself, not other people. In the end, no one will be there when its time to fight but you.

Envision yourself on the Podium. Want it. Believe in yourself.

Think less and just enjoy the moment of the present. All the "what ifs" that are swirling in your head will not change the outcome. So every time you even have a negative thought enter, scream it out. Seriously scream until the thought leaves and then just show up and do your thing.

Be mentally prepared. Competing in Jiu Jitsu, you have to be mentally prepared, present in the moment, the desire to fight, to give it your all, to work hard even when you are exhausted. I’ve seen so many people lose, not from their lack of skill but from lack of mental focus. So get there. One of the things I started doing to help me feel confident that I can “turn on” my mental focus is pick one training session the week before competition to train hard. To imagine every roll that day is like I am competing. From stepping on the mat, to shaking my partner's hand. That is the day I am going to practice my game plan, that I’m going to keep fighting even when I just want to take a break. When I do this, I don’t tell anyone, I just go in and know that it is my day to be mentally focused. It’s a test for myself, much like competition day, and seeing the result of that I can do it in the week gives me more confidence I can do it on comp day as well.

Train Hard! If you kill yourself training you will feel satisfied that you couldn’t have done anymore. Now this is going to look different for everyone. Remember that. If you are a full-time Jiu Jitsu athlete, training hard is going to be 6+ hours of day. For myself I work full time and have 4 kids to care for so I obviously don’t have 6+ hours to train. So for me training Hard is making the most of the time that I have to train. So while I’m there, I work hard and make the most out of the time I have available to train. You know what training hard looks like for you. Give it your all and don’t cheat yourself.

Competition Morning

Make sure you allow yourself plenty of time to get to the venue. I like to shoot for approximately 2 hours before my fight time. That way you have plenty of time to get comfortable in the environment. You can check your weight and just get situated in the comp environment.

Don’t do anything “different” in terms of eating or drinking. One competition I thought it would be a great idea to drink a 5 hour energy and a double shot of espresso before. I had never drank one of those 5 hours before and my heart rate was so high, I thought I was going to die, literally.

Don’t talk about competition that day. Just enjoy being there. And don’t drill any of your “game” while warming up. People are watching.

Don’t underestimate your opponent EVER!

Go out, Do your Best, and Enjoy the moment.

Things to Remember

You learn much more losing than winning.

Life should be about growth and competition forces you into an experience that will make you grow.

Medals mean nothing and the glory of them really only last for the short moment we receive them.

Don’t compete for others, do it for yourself and your own personal reasons. I’ll talk about mine in a future post.

Talita Nogueira Seminar in Corona

Saturday, September 2nd.

Join Us for a Super Class and Learn from a World Champion! We are Happy to Have Professor Talita Nogueira Teaching Our Academy. Call us to reserve your spot. Visit https://www.jiujitsucorona.com to learn more about our 30 days free jiu jitsu trial in Corona.

Learn from Brazilian Jiu Jitsu II Degree Black Belt Professor Juan Pablo Garcia! This gentlemen have over 20 years of experience, He helped develop BJJ in Latin America, has traveled for many years teaching classes and seminars, competing, and training all over the world in countries like Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany and throughout the USA.! Whether you are looking to learn self defense, lose weight, or compete in Martial Arts, Professor Garcia have the knowledge to help you achieve your goals. Be part of the evolution of Martial Arts in Corona and Inland Empire as you train in our cutting edge systems of martial arts!

Professor Juan Pablo Garcia and GranMaster Mansor training this morning at Pacific Top Team Corona. Professor JP has been training with the GM throughout the week for further technical development for Pacific Top Team Corona curriculum and Jiu Jitsu knowledge. Grandmaster Mansor is a 9th degree red belt and a living legend. He started his Jiu Jitsu journey by training directly with the late Grandmaster Helio Gracie in Rio De Janeiro. He continued for 60 years under the late Helio Gracie until the passing of his master. His training included over 30 no holds barred fights all of which he won. Grandmaster Mansor continues to train and teach to this day dividing his time between Brazil and New York where he teaches and resides.

Learn from Brazilian Jiu Jitsu II Degree Black Belt Professor Juan Pablo Garcia! This gentlemen have over 20 years of experience, He helped develop BJJ in Latin America, has traveled for many years teaching classes and seminars, competing, and training all over the world in countries like Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany and throughout the USA.! Whether you are looking to learn self defense, lose weight, or compete in Martial Arts, Professor Garcia have the knowledge to help you achieve your goals. Be part of the evolution of Martial Arts in Corona and Inland Empire as you train in our cutting edge systems of martial arts!

Professor Talita is in Town to teach a Seminar at Pacific Top Team in Corona. Talita just won her debut Bellator Fight last week by a Rear Naked Choke Submission. It is an honor to have her at the Academy to share here knowledge with us.Join Us for a Super Class and Learn from a World Champion!

Call to reserve you spot for kids and Adults at Pacific Top Team in Corona on September 2nd Kids 10am | $25Adults 11am | $35www.jiujitsucorona.com

Learn from Brazilian Jiu Jitsu II Degree Black Belt Professor Juan Pablo Garcia! This gentlemen have over 20 years of experience, He helped develop BJJ in Latin America, has traveled for many years teaching classes and seminars, competing, and training all over the world in countries like Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany and throughout the USA.! Whether you are looking to learn self defense, lose weight, or compete in Martial Arts, Professor Garcia have the knowledge to help you achieve your goals. Be part of the evolution of Martial Arts in Corona and Inland Empire as you train in our cutting edge systems of martial arts!

The De la Riva guard (also called the De la Riva hook and jello guard) is an open guard that was popularized in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsuby black belt Ricardo de la Riva Goded, who was successful with it in competition. In it, one of the legs is wrapped behind the opponent's leg from the outside, the ankle held with one hand, and the other hand grips one of their sleeves. The De la Riva guard offers many sweeps, transitions and submissions, and is often used in combination with spider guard.

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Learn from Brazilian Jiu Jitsu II Degree Black Belt Professor Juan Pablo Garcia! This gentlemen have over 20 years of experience, He helped develop BJJ in Latin America, has traveled for many years teaching classes and seminars, competing, and training all over the world in countries like Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany and throughout the USA.! Whether you are looking to learn self defense, lose weight, or compete in Martial Arts, Professor Garcia have the knowledge to help you achieve your goals. Be part of the evolution of Martial Arts in Corona and Inland Empire as you train in our cutting edge systems of martial arts!

Congratulations to everyone that earned promotions over the last months!! Many students earned stripes on their belts and may more earned Belt Promotions!! We are so proud to see everyone’s progress and hard work paying off. Congrats to everyone!!!

Learn from Brazilian Jiu Jitsu II Degree Black Belt Professor Juan Pablo Garcia! This gentlemen have over 20 years of experience, He helped develop BJJ in Latin America, has traveled for many years teaching classes and seminars, competing, and training all over the world in countries like Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany and throughout the USA.! Whether you are looking to learn self defense, lose weight, or compete in Martial Arts, Professor Garcia have the knowledge to help you achieve your goals. Be part of the evolution of Martial Arts in Corona and Inland Empire as you train in our cutting edge systems of martial arts!

We just finished the Chile training Camp the week of June 26-July 1 in Santiago Chile at the Coach Fabian’s new school in Providencia, Santiago Chile.

It was a huge success and lots of fun with long team trainings and bonding on and off the mats. A few of the fun events that took place throughout the week when we weren’t training was wine tasting at one of Chile best Wineries.

Chile is know for their amazing wine and we got some education of them.

We finished the week with a Mambo-a chilean party of BBQ lamb that was cooked all day and all the fixing to go with it!!

The Lamb!

On the mat one of the most memorable events was an impromptu tournament style training. There were also lots of belt promotions throughout the week.

Congrats to:

Camila Valdés - Blue Belt

Javier Benito - Blue Belt

Nicolas Pesso - Blue Belt

Felipe Roman - Blue Belt

German Perez - Blue Belt

Pablo Rodríguez - Purple Belt

Coach Kim did an amzing job teaching our PTT Girls in Chile, Coach Maria Jesus has work a lot on building the female team and we are super proud of how much the girls team has grown in Chile!

Coming up next is the European Training Camp in Berlin from September 18th-September 30th with Professor JP Garcia and then here in Corona to prepare for the SJJIF World at the end of October. We have a 3 week training camp planned from October 3-October 23 leading up to Worlds and anticipate having a lot of our international team mates here to train and compete with us. We are so excited and proud to see our team growing Internationally and for the Coaches that are leading the teams in other Countries!!

Learn from Brazilian Jiu Jitsu II Degree Black Belt Professor Juan Pablo Garcia! This gentlemen have over 20 years of experience, He helped develop BJJ in Latin America, has traveled for many years teaching classes and seminars, competing, and training all over the world in countries like Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany and throughout the USA.! Whether you are looking to learn self defense, lose weight, or compete in Martial Arts, Professor Garcia have the knowledge to help you achieve your goals. Be part of the evolution of Martial Arts in Corona and Inland Empire as you train in our cutting edge systems of martial arts!

Our Team went out and competed at the recent NABJJF LA OPEN 2017 Tournament. Everyone did really well and we are so proud of everyone’s dedication to training to prepare for the tournament!!! For some this was there very first tournament experience and for others this was another stepping stone in their competition Journey! Everyone showed such great heart and win or loose did so as a Champion would. Thank you to everyone that came out to support, you all are such a Valuable part of our team and we appreciate that you took the time to be there for all of us. We truly are ONETEAMONEFAMILY!!

Congrats to all of our Competitors! Check out some of the results for the Tournament below

Learn from Brazilian Jiu Jitsu II Degree Black Belt Professor Juan Pablo Garcia! This gentlemen have over 20 years of experience, He helped develop BJJ in Latin America, has traveled for many years teaching classes and seminars, competing, and training all over the world in countries like Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany and throughout the USA.! Whether you are looking to learn self defense, lose weight, or compete in Martial Arts, Professor Garcia have the knowledge to help you achieve your goals. Be part of the evolution of Martial Arts in Corona and Inland Empire as you train in our cutting edge systems of martial arts!

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